Observer Department: Arts and Entertainment

Happiest Season: A thoughtful comedy about family and holidays

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Going home to see your family for the holidays is stressful. Of course, you love them and you’re happy to see them, but let’s be honest here. It’s stressful! It’s even more stressful when you’re secretly gay and bringing your lesbian lover home but no one in your family knows…

Noelle: A different type of Christmas movie

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I’m the first to admit that I’m a bit of a grinch when it comes to Christmas movies. I feel like they all follow the same formula and if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen a thousand. When a friend told me to watch Noelle on Disney Plus, I immediately rolled…

Apple’s newest headphones cost about half my rent

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Apple has yet again stirred up the internet’s opinions with another piece of tech; the AirPods Max. With one last attempt to get some sales before the Holiday season ends, Apple’s newest headphones are having people raise a lot of questions, but not enough wallets. If there’s one thing that…

Urine Hell: A short comedic film   

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On Nov. 27 “Urine Hell” premiered on YouTube. The film takes the viewer on just shy of a six-minute quest from the beach to a public bathroom stall, all in search of bladder relief.   The short comedic film is the brainchild of NECC freshman Gyani Pradhan Wong Ah Sui, who works under the stage name Gyani Wasp and his friend…

Top Notch Players to present “Love Letters”

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The Top Notch Players at Northern Essex Community College will have a play take place virtually called, “Love Letters”, by A.R Gurney on Dec.10 through Dec.12. The story is about one couples who spent 50 years together and they begin to read love letters to each other in regard to…

Winter is approaching: Here’s some suggestions to keep you busy

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2020 has been an infamous year. Now, it’s almost over, but the pandemic that has controlled much of it is still ongoing. As winter approaches, it’s important to stay busy as people will be even more isolated than before. It’s also important for people to stay safe and healthy as…

A console-ation price

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Last year’s big event for gaming ( E3 ) was spent really showing off the new gen systems and everything about them; from how they function to the new games that will be released for these consoles. With all this, the next gen systems came out this year and they…

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review

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Fans of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild have been anxiously waiting for a sequel ever since it was released in 2017. While it looks like we still have at least a couple of years more, Nintendo did surprise fans this past September by announcing a prequel game…

Power Rangers actor David Yost: In his own words

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David Yost is best known for his role as Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger, on the hit television show, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the major motion picture, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. He played the role longer than any of the other original actors, playing Billy…

The futile endeavor: Purchasing Sony’s next gen console

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After years of speculating, months of teasing, and hours of waiting, we finally got an official release date for Sony’s Playstation 5. The Playstation 5 released here in the U.S. on Nov.12, and people have been going crazy. Following the release of its predecessor 7 years later, the Playstaion 5…